Ware level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR HEB).

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

Information only — always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.

next: 🚆 in 6 min · running

Next 30 min

OPEN 13:03–13:08 4m
CLOSED 13:08–13:10 2m
OPEN 13:10–13:20 10m
CLOSED 13:20–13:23 3m
OPEN 13:23–13:38 → 15m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 13:03
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

12:54 🚆 2O28 London Liverpool StreetHertford East Down (E → W) +2 min
13:01 🚆 2Z03 Hertford EastLondon Liverpool Street Up (W → E) passed
13:10 🚆 2O31 Hertford EastLondon Liverpool Street Up (W → E) active
13:23 🚆 2O30 London Liverpool StreetHertford East Down (E → W) approaching
🚆Passenger
now 13:03:44 · 82 avg · 4 in window
live observation: 2 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,991 active · 32,732 delays · 3,334 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Ware crossing is predicted to be closed for about 4 h 28 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 75 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 5 minutes. Freight paths scheduled “as required” — most don’t run on any given day — aren’t counted here; when one does run, the live timeline above shows it.

Longest closure so far today: 5.6 min (07:19–07:25, 2 trains), timed from trains actually seen on the signalling wire — the window edges use the same per-type margins as the forecast, since barrier positions aren't in any feed we can read.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 06:56–07:56 in the morning and around 12:00–13:00 in the middle of the day. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Ware is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Broxbourne–Hertford East line (Anglia route · ELR HEB). A signaller monitors the crossing, confirms it is clear, and lowers the barriers ahead of each train. Forecasts here combine the working timetable with live train-movement data (and live signalling where the crossing has it), so they reflect actual running including delays and freight — though they can still be wrong when the network is disrupted.

How accurate is this forecast?

We score this page against what actually happened on the railway — over the last 7 days that covered 544 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.6% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±23s (9 in 10 within 128s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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